| 单词 | expanse |
| 释义 | expanse (ɪkspæns ) Word forms: expanses countable noun An expanse of something, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it. ...a vast expanse of grassland. [+ of] Synonyms: area, range, field, space Collocations: expanse of glass Contemporaries commented on the enormous expanse of glass, which made visitors feel that they were in the open air. Times, Sunday Times Car ends that do not have cabs have an expanse of glass, which makes the car feel open and airy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cast-stone and natural wood walls, terrazzo floors and a wide expanse of glass create a dramatic and welcoming sense of occasion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Unlike more traditional boats, the wide expanse of glass, dark wooden flooring and sleek furniture bestow a bright and spacious atmosphere. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A large expanse of glass on all sides will make it strictly a daylight plant. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It offers bundles of content in a massive expanse of land, with easy-to-use social features. The Sun It's a mean, desert expanse of land. Times, Sunday Times To the side of the road, a blackened expanse of land stretches up and over a massive hill. Globe and Mail It was closed in 1991, and the vast expanse of land has since been given over to a new housing estate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A one-block expanse of land at its widest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If you have a large expanse of lawn, you could dedicate half of it to meadow. Times, Sunday Times Soon we are standing at the edge of an expanse of lawn, stretching almost the entire width and length of the garden. Times, Sunday Times In its place was concrete topped by a thin layer of soil with a broad expanse of lawn. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Out of this obsessive observation, avenues of trees, islands of flowers, expanses of lawn, vegetable beds and wildflower meadows emerged; but only in my mind. Times, Sunday Times That still leaves a vast expanse of ocean unprotected. Times, Sunday Times You can smell the spring even before it arrives, like a seafarer becalmed for months on the wide expanse of ocean, scenting land before he sees it. Times, Sunday Times The second movement represents the vast expanse of ocean in stormy agitation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Due to the relatively small size of many of the islands, there are large expanses of ocean between each island. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This era was a culturally exciting time in history, where cultures that had been separated by huge expanses of ocean suddenly had a mechanism of learning about each other. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 So, seven miles northwest ... job done, at a fabulous expanse of sand at a river's mouth. Times, Sunday Times A twobedroom flat with views of this glorious expanse of sand would typically cost 300,000-400,000. Times, Sunday Times But also protected dunes, that expanse of sand and, inland, acre after acre of wetland crisscrossed by cycle paths. Times, Sunday Times It's a quick scramble through tall pines and over grass-covered dunes to the beach, a huge expanse of sand edged with a row of colourful huts. Times, Sunday Times Many more monuments lie buried in the barren expanse of sand dunes in the town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The centre-back slowly inched his way around a vast expanse of space called 'the opposition penalty area'. The Sun Small tables cram a barely lit first floor; up one flight, there's a two-storey expanse of space where a deejay spins on a mounted booth. Globe and Mail I thought it was sited on a hilltop surrounded by a stretching expanse of space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Spurs ran the game with impunity, huge expanses of space unfurling every time that they came forward. Times, Sunday Times It looks out over one of those expanses of space contemporary planners insist on, without thinking what people might do in them. Times, Sunday Times The expanse of water not only provides salmon fishing but also an opportunity to produce hydro-electric power. Times, Sunday Times As the name of that uniquely beautiful expanse of water indicates, tradition has its place in society as in law. Times, Sunday Times Behind them mist-covered hills rise from a huge expanse of water, stretching far into the distance of the world's second largest rainforest. Times, Sunday Times Overnight a film of blue toxic algae has contaminated the expanse of water in front of the house. Times, Sunday Times They explained that they never knew there was such a vast expanse of water and that giant sea monsters lived in it. Times, Sunday Times The flat expanse of tall grasses bleached by the sun and the dry winter season was sectioned off by high chain-link fences and barbed wire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Among them, there were a good few lapwings, occasionally getting up and wheeling across the flat expanse of wet meadow in their restless way. Times, Sunday Times Below lies a flat expanse of jungle, veined with thick, rivery spirals: untouched, unmapped and, to most of the outside world, utterly unknown. Times, Sunday Times Beyond a flat expanse of scrubland, scored by dry riverbeds and sinister with the threat of rattlesnakes, there waits another cliff. Times, Sunday Times Across the flat expanse of the pulled apart by winds strong enough to uproot trees and waters that rose above the roofs of the simple bamboo houses. Times, Sunday Times Bodies and charred wreckage were scattered over a huge expanse of sugar cane fields around the landing site. The Sun The 164 acres look initially like a huge expanse of firebombed stone. Times, Sunday Times Behind them mist-covered hills rise from a huge expanse of water, stretching far into the distance of the world's second largest rainforest. Times, Sunday Times When we got there at 7pm, the wall of solid glass showed a huge expanse of beach below — here and there, people trailing home. Times, Sunday Times For that to happen, however, existing game titles may have to be rewritten to fill the huge expanse. Times, Sunday Times All of them-who cover a large expanse of time-believed this story symbolizes the life of faith. Christianity Today If you have a large expanse of lawn, you could dedicate half of it to meadow. Times, Sunday Times Previous schemes have proposed using a 'high head' barrage, which involves damming up a large expanse of water and releasing it in a torrent on the ebb tide. Times, Sunday Times These are prints on paper mounted onto metal sheet and so uncannily flat over a large expanse. The Times Literary Supplement A narrow path cuts through the parterre and across a large expanse of wild flower meadow, leading to a small pavilion. Times, Sunday Times There is a vast expanse of potholed wasteland that serves as a car park. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Solar highways use the vast expanse of quiet roads that are exposed to sunlight most of the day. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The vast expanse of content here is the true selling point. The Sun (2014) That still leaves a vast expanse of ocean unprotected. Times, Sunday Times (2009) One could excuse them by saying that amidst the vast expanse of the Pacific they did not notice the discrepancy. Times, Sunday Times (2012) During the week the wide expanse of sand stays relatively quiet. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It is a park landscape, dotted with fir trees and a wide expanse of open, green space in the foreground. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The morning was frosty again, the sky a wide expanse of milky blue. The Crossing-Place (1993) Translations: Chinese: 一大片 海洋、天空、土地等 Japanese: 広がり |
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